Prescott Gwyn

'this rugby spellbound people' (eBook, ePUB)

The Birth of Rugby in Cardiff and Wales

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Now in it's third edition, The Birth of Rugby in Cardiff and Wales is the essential guide to the importance and significance of rugby in Cardiff to the development of Welsh rugby in the nineteenth century. In this new and updated edition, and available for the first time as an eBook, Gwyn Prescott provides a fascinating insight into the origins and early years of the game in Cardiff. He outlines how its citizens of all backgrounds, its many distinct districts, and its commercial and religious interests took rugby to their hearts through the growth of clubs, competitions and the establishment of the famous Arms Park as the focal point of rugby in Wales.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: St. David's Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781904609193
• Artikelnr.: 70893889

Autorenporträt

A native of Cardiff who captained the Welsh Secondary Schools XV in 1965 and played for Cambridge University's 1st XV, Gwyn Prescott was awarded an MPhil in 2006 on the history of rugby and is the author of numerous rugby histories including, Call Them to Remembrance - The Welsh Rugby Internationals Who Died in the Great War (St. David's Press, 2014 & 2021) and Arthur Gould - Rugby's First Superstar (St. David's Press, 2023).